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Classic Airliners

It was seventy years ago, yes, way back in 1945, when C.S. Robinson founded Robinson Airlines. Over the next 27 years, Robinson Airlines and the airline it later evolved into, Mohawk, flew the skies over the northeastern United States. Then, in April of 1972, forty-three years ago this month, Mohawk Airlines was absorbed by Allegheny…

Today’s passenger airliners sure are impressive, aren’t they? As a dedicated aircraft photo spotter, I am tremendously excited whenever I get an opportunity to focus one of the newer paxbirds, like a 380 or a Dreamliner, in my viewfinder. But I have to be totally honest with you; as pumped up as I get when I am able to…

For many years there was an observation deck on the 16th floor of the Logan airport control tower. It was rigged with an ATC audio feed from the controllers just above and was a great place to observe the airport action. The 1980s were still days of film and on one roll I forgot to…

Gary Schenauer shares the stories behind some of the unique, classic airliner photos to be found on High Sierra Spotters, a forum he and a few friends launched four years ago. Gary and I discuss the early years of the jet age when it was common to see prop and jet airliners on the ramp.…